An alternate form of 'coxswaining': serving as a coxwain (coxswain), steering and commanding a rowing boat.
From the alternate spelling 'coxwain' + '-ing' (present participle suffix). This variant parallels the more common 'coxswaining.'
Language variants like 'coxwain/coxswain' remind us that spelling standardization is actually pretty recent—even 150 years ago, the same role had multiple acceptable spellings!
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